| Bahia Watson | |
| Birth Date: | 15 May 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Carman, Manitoba, Canada |
| Yearsactive: | 2015–present |
Bahia Watson (born May 15, 1992) is a Canadian actress and playwright, best known for her recurring role as Brianna/Oferic in the television series The Handmaid's Tale.[1]
She grew up in Carman, Manitoba, the daughter of a Canadian father and a Guyanese mother.[2]
In addition to The Handmaid's Tale she has had recurring roles as Sakai in The Expanse and May in ;[3] voice roles in Mysticons, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Big Blue, Total DramaRama, The Loud House, and ; and film roles in , What We Have, Cranks and The Archivists.[4]
As a playwright she has been associated with Nightwood Theatre and d'bi Young's anitAFRIKA dub theatre, and has written cabaret stage shows with Liza Paul including pomme is french for apple[5] and Mashup Pon Di Road.[6]
As a cast member in The Handmaid's Tale, she is a two-time Screen Actors' Guild nominee for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, receiving nods at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2019[7] and at the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2020.[8] She won the award for Outstanding Voice Performance — Female from the Toronto chapter of the ACTRA Awards in 2021 for Total Dramarama.[9]